My Female Friend's Crotch
Reeks and She Won't Go to the Doctor??

Dear Couch,

I am concerned about a female
friend whom I have
not had sex with. I have been friends with this
woman who is twenty years
old, and sexually promiscuous several
years. About eight months ago she
told me she had trichomanosis,
she said she had contracted it from a past
lover. I have lately
begun to notice that she has some very strong body
odor, I often do her
laundry and her underwear smells from over a foot
away. I know
that she showers on a regular basis but at times I can smell
this putrid
rotting odor when she is clothed. I attempted to confront her about
it
but she wouldn't talk. I am worried that she is not being treated or
not following her doctor's advice. I share a bathroom with her
from time
to time and I am concerned about any possibility of getting it
without any
sexual contact. I am hoping you can give me some
advice on how to handle
the situation and get her the help that she
needs so that she doesn't spread it
to anyone else. Also what are the
long-term effects of this if not
treated?

Wow! You have some kind of weird relationship with
your
' friend' . You ' occasionally' share a bathroom
with her and
' often' do her laundry? What gives? So she said
she got the Trich
eight months ago and you're justnow smelling these strongly adjectified odors? Could very well be
trichomoniasis as
the little critters can be present for up to a year
without symptoms,
one of which is a ' putrid rotting odor' . It is
highly
unlikely you could catch trich from anything other than genital to
genital contact but if you see some frothy discharge on the toilet seat,
it's
always a good idea to wipe it off before
squatting.

How can you help your friend? Well, for starters
you could
say, ' Hey! Your crotch reeks to high heaven!! What the
hell is going on
down there!? Opening your own cheese factory!?!??! You
need to go see a damn
doctor cause your ass ain't touching my toilet
seat until you do!!' Then
there's nothing you can do. You can't
force her to practice good health/hygiene.
Give her a little 'looking
glass self' and point her in the right direction,
then stop offering to
wash her stinky undies until she takes care of it. Please
refer to this
National STD clinic locater to give her a
local number to arrange her
appointment.

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